Serial Port Management Options

This group of options is used to manage serial ports in a virtual machine.

Syntax

prlctl set <vm_ID|vm_name> {--device-add serial | --device-add serial<N>}

{--device <dev_name> | --output <file> | --socket <name>}

[--enable|--disable] [--connect|--disconnect]

Options

Name	Description
`<vm_ID\|vm_name>`	The virtual machine ID or name.
--device-add serial	Adds a new serial port to the virtual machine. You can connect up to four serial ports to a virtual machine.
--device-set serial`<N>`	Modifies the parameters of an existing serial port.
--device `<dev_name>`	The name of the physical serial port to which to connect the virtual machine.
--output `<file>`	The name and path of the output file to which to connect the virtual serial port.
--socket `<name>`	The name of the physical socket to which to connect the virtual serial port.
--enable`\|`--disable	Enables or disables the virtual serial port. All newly added serial ports are enabled by default (provided the `--disable` option is omitted).
--connect	Automatically connect the virtual serial port during the virtual machine startup process.
--disconnect	Do not automatically connect the virtual serial port during the virtual machine startup process.